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Among these organizations are the American Red Cross, the American Medical Association, the American Diabetes Association, the Center for Food Integrity as well as a number of universities. Find the full list here.

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According to the study, soda consumption is a major player in the steady climb in U.S. obesity rates. "About half of Americans drink sugary drinks every day. Recently, it has been estimated that soda consumption caused one fifth of weight gain in the U.S. between 1977 and 2007."

The study was conducted to observe "the nature, extent, and implications of soda company sponsorship of U.S. health and medical organizations, as well as corporate lobbying expenditures on soda- or nutrition-related public health legislation from 2011 to 2015."

Researchers delved into financial connections that Coca-Cola and PepsiCo had with these 96 organizations. Sixty-three were public health groups, 19 were medical organizations, seven were health foundations, five were government groups and two were food supply groups.

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have lobbied against 28 bills opposing their products. PepsiCo has spent more than $3 million every year, and Coca-Cola has spent more than $6 million, according to the New York Daily News. The research that was often used for their purposes came from many of these health organizations.

Pepsi funded 14 percent of the organizations according to the study. Coca-Cola was found to have funded 99 percent of them based on their having their funding records more available to review.

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